When I jump I feel lighter and I think the reason my body is drawn skyward is that the motion makes me want to change into a bird and fly off to some far away place. But constrained by ourselves and those around us, all we can do is tweet tweet, flap our wings and

I recently read a blog post (the link is below) and it really got me thinking about stimming. I’ve always thought worrying about a kid’s stimming issues is sort of like worrying about a car’s paint job when it doesn’t have any brakes. The author, who has ASD, made a lot of sense to

Did you know your brain typically learns language and music around the same time? This suggests these two areas of the brain may be linked. That alone might be enough for me to encourage singing with your child, but even if I never ran across that particular piece of neuroscience; I would still encourage singing

According to Shankardass, one in six children has a developmental disorder–but they’re mostly diagnosed on the basis of their symptoms rather than their brain activity. Using new technology that measures the brain’s electrical activity, doctors like Shankardass are able to render more accurate analyses of what’s going on inside their patients’ heads. For instance, she

What can your child do? As a therapist working with individuals who have autism, I hear about the things they can’t do quite frequently. From the time of diagnosis on and sometimes before diagnosis, parents are told everything their child can’t do. What most people forget is that at some point they couldn’t do most

This is a really cool series the BBC is doing about Autism. There’s a lot to learn here. I found Rosie’s mention of assigning feelings to inanimate objects particularly interesting. I wonder how many meltdowns could be avoided if we were more considerate of this with regard to kids on the spectrum. Obviously no two

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I believe Autism should be looked at in terms of a network. When you experience issues with your network you don't give up and walk away; You analyze the routing and attempt to make it more efficient. It's my belief that Autism doesn't need a cure; It needs an upgrade! So that's what we are going to do...together. Welcome to upgradeautism.com.